The expatriate career transition and women managers’ experiences

Women in Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Hartl, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriates; Managers; Research; Structural systems; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993085445     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420410518421     Document Type: Article

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